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Tell me if I am reading this right. That truck has a GVW of 12,300 lbs. and a tare weight (curb weight) of 6,756 lbs., providing a hypothetical payload of 5,554 lbs. The box size on that truck is greater than a FedEx Custom Critcial C-unit. FedEx requires a DOT sleeper but their trucks but...

So, help me understand. If what you say is true, why are the unregulated trucks mentioned by others above getting tickets?

Diane and I are not inbound to the Northeast but will be within striking distance of it soon. How are the roads, facilities, fuel and freight up in those parts these days? What has Hurricane Sandy done and left behind that is affecting expediters 11 days after landfall? We'll have options...

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How many finger grooves do you have on the underside of your steering wheel?

The Weather Channel gives its rational for naming winter storms here. I don't think much of the idea. The impacts of a wniter storm almost never rise to the threats hurricanes and tropical storms pose. I see this as a cheap trick to overdramatize the weather in yet another way and thereby...

Have you ever seen or heard of such a truck in Ontario being put out of service for being overweight and having no log? Or is it like in the U.S. where DOT cops are focused mostly on trucks over 10,000 lbs. GVWR?

That shows how little I know about van operations. Such an event would be too bad for the driver but that truck would be right back at it once the weight violation was resolved and the out of service order was lifted; assuming that the driver did not jump the OOS order when the scale cops...

Trucks like these have been on the road forever but I never realized that some of them might be used to haul expedited freight until FedEx had one meet us at a FedEx terminal to cross-dock some Canada-bound freight. It was a load that FedEx wanted us to go get ourselves and then take to Canada...

The two yellow trucks pictured below are expediters. Is this the future of expediting? Yes or no? Why or why not?

Re: Election Over: What, If Anything, Will You Do Different With Your Expedite Busine Diane and I have until year-end 2013 to meet the Califiornia requirements if we wish to continue to run our truck engine and reefer in that state. With it now clear, after the election, that regulatory...

Diane and I wish you well in your new venture.

I'm not looking for political commentary in this thread. The Soapbox forum is for that. This is a business question. With the election over and results now known, what, if anything, will you do different with your expedite business? To answer my own question and set the tone for replies: In...

Yes, the public spoke. But I'm not sure it was either plain or simple. Obama won with just 2 percent more of the American people voting for him than Romney (popular vote). Had Romney won, it would have been by the same razor-thin margin. In Congress, the Democrats retained control of the...

You are a former dispatcher with in-house experience. Can you elaborate on this? What is the reality?

I'm not so sure about that. A common figure cited is that it costs a carrier $5,000 to bring in a new driver. I have seen higher numbers too but $5,000 seems to be the frequently cited one. But for the sake of discussion, let's go with $7,500. If a carrier has a 100 percent per year turnover...

Diane and I have taken trucks on a few ferries in our time on the road. Our routes have not been wonderful scenic in great weather but the ferry rides were interesting nevertheless.

Representatives of three expedite carriers have confided their annual turnover rate numbers to me when I have asked. I have not asked more carriers because it has never been a topic important enough for me to research more deeply. The topic comes up in conversations about other things and I ask...

Your post #20 is one of the best mini history lessons I have seen. Thank you for it.

I kinda like that country club idea. We can all pay to park, put on our ascots and dinner jackets, set up the lawn chairs in the parking lot talk all sophisticated like ... my good man.